Re: Where Snape belongs on the family tree

[S Handel]

No: HPFGUIDX 79086

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy" <xpectopatronum at y...> 
> wrote:
> > My theory about Severus is that -
> >  he is a pureblood. Firstly - he called Lily a "filthy mudblood", 
> and 
> > that reminds me of how Draco (pureblood) called Hermione 
a "filthy 
> > little mudblood".
> 
> Exactly.  He wouldn't risk an insult that could so easily be turned 
> right back against him.
> 
> 
> > If all pureblood families are interrelated, it is very possible 
> that 
> > Severus is somehow related to the Malfoy's. I really believe that 
> > Severus and Phineas are closely related. They look the same, 
> behave 
> > the same and use the exact same language and words, phrases and 
> tones.
> 
> What a great idea!  I knew there was some other reason why I liked 
> Phineas so much, along with his resolute refusal to be impressed by 
> poor, tragic Harry Potter.
> > 
> > I have concocted a small theory about Severus's family life, and 
> > believe that his parents were poor because his father believed 
> that 
> > being a pureblood wizard was enough - that working was something 
> for 
> > half-bloods and house-elves. So his father, Severus and his 
mother 
> > lived off their old family heirlooms. That would explain why his 
> > mother was always arguing with his father, and also why Severus 
is 
> > such a serious perfectionist, because he does not want to be like 
> his 
> > father.
> > 
> I tend to think that the arguing was likely to be about money, as 
> well.  Studies have shown that it's one of the biggest causes of 
> arguments between married people.  Also, it just seems unlikely 
that 
> EVERYTHING in the WW hangs on bloodlines and race. Poor people, as 
> the Snapes appeared to be, have a lot more immediate things to 
argue 
> about than who is descended from whom.  I was thinking that Ma 
Snape 
> might have blown tenpence on a bunch of flowers to brighten up the 
> place, and Pa Snape was mad because he wanted the money to go down 
> to the pub and get drunk! Enough to make any poor little kid cry.
> 
> Wanda

I like these theories a lot however a thought popped into my head.  
Harry saw a small boy crying....what if....Ol man Snape was a 
mudblood and the fight was because Severus had just gotten his owl to 
go to Hogwarts?  Maybe Ol man Snape didn't know he married a witch.  
This type of violent reaction from his father would also make him 
hate mudbloods.  Its not like JK hasn't used this type of situation 
before with Seamus (I beleive?).  The fact that Harry saw Severus as 
a "small" boy...well....they have now grown enough that they are all 
surprised at how tiny the first years are and don't remember being 
that small when they started.  Just my rambling thoughts.
Susan